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Metcash Limited ABN 32 112 073 480 50 Waterloo Road Macquarie Park NSW 2113 Australia Metcash Limited ABN 32 112 073 480 50 Waterloo Road Macquarie Park NSW 2113 Australia PO Box 6226 24 June 2013 Silverwater Business Centre NSW 1811 Australia Ph: 61 2 9751 8200 Fax: 61 2 9741 3027 ASX Limited Company Announcements Office Level 4, Exchange Centre 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 Dear Sir/ Madam METCASH LIMITED – 2013 FULL YEAR RESULTS PRESENTATION Please find attached the Metcash Limited 2013 Full Year results presentation. Yours faithfully Greg Watson Company Secretary Company Results Full Year Ending 30 April 2013 24 June 2013. Agenda . Andrew Reitzer, CEO Metcash Limited - Group Overview . Silvestro Morabito, COO Metcash Food & Grocery - Divisional Highlights . Fergus Collins, CEO ALM - Divisional Highlights . Mark Laidlaw, CEO Mitre 10 - Divisional Highlights (Hardware & Automotive) . Adrian Gratwicke, CFO Metcash Limited - Financials . Ian Morrice, incoming CEO, Metcash Limited - Future Plans . Questions & Answers 1 1 Overview . Solid Revenue, Profit and Growth: . Wholesale sales up 3.8% . Reported PAT up 128.9% . Underlying PAT up 6.9% to $280.7m . Underlying EPS of 32.6 cps within guidance . Operating Cash Flow up 5.5% to $300m despite Franklins retail losses . Final Dividend 16.5 cps (28.0 cps full year) . Highlights . Franklins sell-off virtually complete . Liquor business maintains momentum . Mitre 10 continued to strengthen network and market position . ABG delivers year one on plan . Capital raising proceeds fully committed 2 2 Overview Group results influenced by: . Continuing elevated marketing intensity in Food & Grocery sector . Cautious, value conscious consumer still shopping for bargains . Deleveraging effect of continued deflation in core grocery . Retail losses on discontinued Franklins operations . Dilutive EPS impact from capital raising 33 Financial Headlines FY13 FY12 Variance Note Fav / (Unfav) %Var Revenue - Reported $M 1 13,095.0 12,612.3 482.7 3.8% Strong Liquor result including 7 months of Wholesale Sales $M 2 12,976.6 12,501.1 475.5 3.8% LMG contract, plus Franklins and ABG Strong Liquor and Hardware & Auto results EBITA $M 460.4 451.2 9.2 2.0% offset weaker MF&G result Small contraction reflects changing EBITA Margin % 3.55% 3.61% (6 bps) (1.7%) business mix Increased MF&G marketing costs, plus CODB / GP% % 62.4% 61.5% (90 bps) (1.5%) changed business mix Strong result; reflects impact of acquisitions PAT - Underlying $M 3 280.7 262.5 18.2 6.9% and new supply contracts PAT - Reported $M 4 206.0 90.0 116.0 128.9% Cycling of prior year restructure activities Strong cash generation; tight working capital Operating Cash Flow $M 299.8 284.3 15.5 5.5% control; 92.6% cash realisation ratio Within guidance, reflects 11.6% dilution from EPS - Underlying cps 32.6 34.1 (1.5) (4.4%) increase in WASO (+89m average shares) EPS - Reported cps 24.0 11.7 12.3 105.1% DPS cps 28.0 28.0 0.0 0.0% Dividend held despite extra shares on issue. Reflects Board's confidence in underlying Payout Ratio (underlying) % 85.9% 82.1% 380 bps 4.6% position of Group NOTES: 1. Revenue - Reported includes wholesale sales, rent and interest earned 2. Wholesale Sales includes wholesale sales to continuing Franklins stores 3. Reconciliation of 'Underlying' is provided on slide 44 and defined in the Directory of Terms in the Appendix 4. Reported results includes Discontinued Operations . Refer slide 27. 44 DIVISIONAL HIGHLIGHTS - Metcash Food & Grocery (MF&G) 55 Food & Grocery - Financials Variance Variance Food and Grocery FY13 FY12 $M % SALES ($M) 9,120.6 9,331.7 (211.1) (2.3%) EBITA ($M) 377.9 397.7 (19.8) (5.0%) EBITA MARGIN (%) 4.14% 4.26% . Sales impacted by Campbells branches, closure of Cornetts and Walters stores in FNQ and also exit of stores in WA last year . Tough market conditions, however achieved some significant wins which will impact FY14: Supabarn (NSW/ACT); Spotless (WA & Qld); and BP convenience . Significant investment in marketing to build brand awareness, particularly on TV . Market share marginally down: . Effect of deregulated trading hours in WA , Qld and WA store exits Campbells . WA market share increased 1.6% however the overall WA market increased by 2.9% . Offset by: . 55 new stores including conversions plus 57 extensions and refurbishments . Franklins stores increased NSW market share . Ex-Franklins stores performing well or started turn-around well in hands of new store owners. Whilst more closures than anticipated impacted sales, the strategic footprint in NSW remains significant. Inbound cost inflation of +0.7% but outbound sales deflation of -0.5% for the year . ie: wholesale value of deflation equates to -1.2% for MF&G 66 Food & Grocery - Franklins Strategy Franklins Store Handover Summary . Handover virtually complete: . Significant new footprint in NSW . New retailers – who can grow / expand in the future . Increased operational leverage through Huntingwood DC . Significant management effort to execute conversion of Franklins retail operations . Of the 90 stores (including 10 franchised stores): . 61 stores sold and handed over and 6 stores sold awaiting physical handover (67 stores to operate as IGA) . 20 stores closed and a further 3 stores expected to be closed by June 2013 7 7 Food & Grocery - Retail network . New store developments, extensions and refurbishments continue to progress Branded Stores (IGA – 3 channels + Friendly Grocer + Eziway) COMPLETED 1H COMPLETED 2H TOTAL FULL YEAR NO SQM NO SQM NO SQM New Stores 21 25,805 30 29,818 51 55,623 Conversions (1) 1 160 3 1,770 4 1,930 22 33 55 Extensions 6 2,468 4 2,672 10 5,140 Refurbishments 23 N/A 24 N/A 47 29 28 57 62,693 Note : 1. Conversions are stores converted to IGA from other (non-IGA related) banners 88 Food & Grocery - Operational Highlights Store Buy-Back Program . 50 completed Buy-Backs for the full year . Retail uplift of +10% since transfer with anticipated annualised impact of +20% . Significant opportunity to improve sales and m2 throughout network with improved execution Convenience . CSD Huntingwood – KNAPP system live for single picks . Value Depot – new concept store opened at Eagle Farm Qld in December 2012 . Concept working well with additional customers attracted. Further refinements required before decision to convert other Campbells stores Fresh . Harvest Market – 4 stores now operational 99 Food & Grocery - Business Initiatives . Strategic campaign positioning IGA as the champion of brands, providing value through Locked Down Low Prices and contributing $60m to local communities through Community Chest . Brand Promise – Four elements: Fresh, Range/Brands, Value and Community 1010 DIVISIONAL HIGHLIGHTS - Australian Liquor Marketers (ALM) 1111 ALM - Financials and Operations Variance Variance Liquor FY13 FY12 $M % SALES ($M) 2,917.6 2,336.2 581.4 24.9% EBITA ($M) 47.1 34.9 12.2 35.0% EBITA MARGIN (%) 1.61% 1.49% . Overall sales growth 24.9% EBITA up 35% - Good leverage . IBA1 performance up on LY 2.8% in a flat market . IBA Beer sales doing exceptionally well in a soft market . up 7% L4L growth when market growth at 0.2% . Continued strong performance driven by improved execution and retail offer at store level . Larger format concept stores launched during the year performing very well . Cellarbrations Superstore – 5 locations . Supplier support improving in line with stronger retail offer . Strategy to lift mix of wine sales through network achieving good results LMG2 . Supply contract commenced Oct 2012 - successfully integrated increased volume across network NOTE: 1. IBA – The Metcash liquor retail banners – Cellarbrations, The Bottle-O, IGA Liquor and The Bottle-O Neighbourhood 2. LMG – Major liquor contract. Refer Directory of Terms in Appendix 1212 ALM - Story of Growth . Business continues to build with strong EBITA and Sales Growth over past three years 100.0 3,500.0 90.0 2,917.6 3,000.0 80.0 2,336.2 70.0 2,296.6 2,500.0 60.0 2,000.0 50.0 47.1 34.9 Sales $M Sales EBITA $M 1,500.0 40.0 30.1 30.0 1,000.0 20.0 500.0 10.0 - - 2011 2012 2013 1313 ALM Hotel Strategy . Hotel joint venture strategy has seen ALM acquire stakes in three hotels in South East Queensland . Facilitates increased retail footprint for IBA . Helps support independently owned and operated hotels . ALM continues to review options to partner independent operators in key markets for future investment in this area 1414 DIVISIONAL HIGHLIGHTS - Hardware & Automotive 1515 Hardware & Automotive – Financials Variance Variance Hardware and Automotive FY13 FY12 $M % SALES ($M) 938.4 833.2 105.2 12.6% EBITA ($M) 36.2 21.2 15.0 70.8% EBITA MARGIN (%) 3.86% 2.54% Hardware . EBIT improvement driven by: . Gross margin growth through increased buying power . Supply chain initiatives including China 3PL facility and new national DC in Vic beginning to have positive impact . Retail sales positive despite cautious discretionary spend . Continued association with Channel 9’s “The Block” series . Trade sales continue to be soft due to impact of a depressed construction market Automotive . Business performing in line with acquisition expectations (sales $83.5m during the period) . Delivered a strong first year contribution to divisional EBIT result 26 1616 Hardware – Operating Activities . Mitre 10 strengthening Retail and Trade footprint . Network includes 425 Branded stores and 400 Unbranded. 20 stores converted from competitors in last 12 months (52 converted since acquisition) . 7 JVs established. Newest include Dahlsens (Qld) and Banner (SA) . Trade business strengthened with formalisation of Natbuild alliance . Natbuild has scale and expertise in Trade products . Potential to lift Mitre 10 teamscore . Mitre 10 store owners benefit from lower costs . Other initiatives include new ‘click & collect’ and loyalty card programs 26 1717 Hardware & Automotive – Automotive Industry Focus .
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